Owen O. Mayer

November 15, 2010 

WATERTOWN, N.Y.  —   Owen Oscar Mayer, 82, of 188 Palmer St., passed away Saturday, Nov. 13, at Samaritan Keep Home.  

Born Nov. 12, 1928, in  Buffalo, the son of Howard  and Viola Mayer, he graduated from Buffalo Technical High School as a draftsman. 

He married Dorothy Deyo on June 26, 1948, in Buffalo. 

Owen served in the Army in World War II. He retired as vice-president of Sen-Wel Industries in Buffalo in 1987.

He was a life member of the Engineering Society of Buffalo. 

He enjoyed spending time with his family. He also enjoyed reading the newspaper, taking rides, tending a vegetable garden, and fishing.  

Surviving are his wife, Dorothy; a sister, Joan and Harvey Sprowl, Snyder, N.Y., and three daughters, Karen and Ed Ringwald, Watertown, Lynda and Mark Waymouth, Cincinnati, and Tina Kuhaneck, Dundee, Mich.; five grandchildren, Heather Waymouth, Honeoye Falls, Andrew Waymouth, Cincinnati,  Rachel Kuhaneck, Toledo, Benjamin and Emily Kuhaneck, Dundee; and his nephews, Christopher Sprowl, Boulder, Colo., and Jonathan Sprowl, Raliegh, N.C. and their families.

The family will gather for a private memorial.   

Owen wished for his body to be donated to Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.  

Donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.